On Friday, April 8, the Graduate Center hosted “Sci-Fi Alien(ation): Diversity Under Attack, Homophobia, Sexism at Hugo Awards,” a panel discussion that will dissect systemic ills in the world of sci-fi publishing and fandom. Read more

In a prominent new essay for Foreign Affairs, Ph.D. student Jennifer Peirce (GC/John Jay, Criminal Justice) examines Nicaragua’s take on prison reform, and the lessons it may hold for Central America and beyond. Read more

On Tuesday, April 5, the Graduate Center is hosting the first gathering of an international and interdisciplinary collaborative project that is dedicated to investigating “forms of life,” or Lebensformen. Read more

Latino voters in Florida may decide which presidential candidates carry the state in the primaries — and who ultimately wins the 2016 general election, according to a new report from the GC’s Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies (CLACLS) and CNN en Español.Read more

Has "ban the box" policy translated into greater job access for individuals with criminal records? Ph.D. student Ronald Day (Criminal Justice) is working to answer that question through his research.Read more

This week The Guardian published the first story of an in-depth series about the income and economic prospects of Millennials, based on exclusive data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) at the Cross-National Data Center, which is directed by GC Professor Janet Gornick (Political Science/Sociology). Read more

Adam Kavalier (Ph.D. ’11, Biology) followed an unusual path after completing his doctorate — he launched Undone Chocolate, the first bean-to-bar maker of premium organic chocolate bars in the Washington, D.C., area. Read more